What is G4U?
G4U or Gravure For You, is an IDOLM@STER stand-alone game that allows you to take a picture of your favorite 765PRO idols. You can use commands to have your idol do some cute and cool poses. The fun fact is that the photos you've taken can be saved on the PS3 hard drive and you can do whatever you want on the photo you have taken. In Volume One, the girls are wearing swim suits...wait, I already said that ever since the Playstation3 version of THE IDOLM@STER 2 came out in late October 2011. So, how about the other G4U volumes we've missed? Of course because Volume 1 (the one with Haruka Amami in the front cover) was bundled on the limited edition of THE IDOLM@STER 2 PS3 version, we kindly not to tackled it but for those remaining eight volumes, should we talk about what's what in each?
The one with:
School Uniforms and School Swimsuits
On sale date: November 23, 2011
Mami Futami is the front cover idol on Volume 2. For this volume, all your favorite 765Pro idols are wearing either School Uniforms or School Swimsuits. This was included on limited editions of THE IDOLM@STER anime Blu-Ray Volume 2, which also includes a drama CD, setting book and pin up.
The one with
Winter Casuals and Vivid Bikini
On sale date: December 29, 2011
For Volume 3, Yukiho Hagiwara was the front cover idol and feel free to take photos of your favorite idols in either their winter casuals or "Vivid Bikinis". Expect this on limited editions of THE IDOLM@STER anime Blu-Ray Volume 3, which comes with a vocal CD, setting book and pin up.
The one with
White bikinis in floral stage
On sale date: January 26, 2012
Takane Shijou takes the center stage as the front cover idol of Volume 4. In here, we expect taking photos of our favorite 765Pro girls in their white bikinis on the stage with petals flowing around. Oh, we may also expect photoshooting them in their Hawaiian-style outfits. This was found on limited editions of THE IDOLM@STER anime Blu-Ray Volume 4, which also comes with a special DVD.
The one with
Pajamas and white school swimsuits
On sale date: February 23, 2012
Yayoi Takatsuki is the front cover idol for this volume and in here, feel free to take photos of your favorite idols in their pajamas or in their white school swimsuits. A bonus feature where your favorite idols in their white school swimsuit will be initiating "Nekomimi Mode". It's yours if you have the limited edition of THE IDOLM@STER anime Blu-Ray Volume 5, which also comes with a vocal CD, booklet, and some extras.
The one with
My Dear Vampire and a black bikini
On sale date: March 29, 2012
For Volume 6, it's Makoto Kikuchi's time to shine as the front cover girl and all of your favorite idols are either in their "My Dear Vampire" costumes or in their black bikinis, waiting to get their photos taken. This was included on the limited edition of THE IDOLM@STER anime Blu-Ray volume 6, which also comes with a drama CD, booklet, and a whole lot of extras.
The one with
Summer School Girls or P.E. uniforms
On sale date: April 26, 2012
Here in Volume 7, we'd expect seeing the bonkers Hibiki Ganaha being the front cover girl but in here, your favorite idols strap on their "Laugh Time School" Uniforms or in their P.E. uniforms they called it "EXERCISE WEAR NEO". This was included on the limited edition of THE IDOLM@STER anime Blu-Ray Volume 7, which does come with a vocal CD, setting book, and more. Special guest appearance by THE IDOLM@STER DearlyStars' Ai Hidaka and she's waiting in her "Exercise Wear NEO" for you to take a picture of her!
The one with
Bridal gowns and Pastel Bikinis
On sale date: May 24, 2012
Our favorite iM@S gal, Miki Hoshi, shines bright as the front cover idol and in here, you can take pictures of them in their wedding gowns or in their "Pastel Bikinis". THE IDOLM@STER DearlyStars' Eri Mizutani makes a guest appearance in her pastel bikini outfit, waiting for you to take a picture of her. This can be found on the limited edition of THE IDOLM@STER anime Blu-Ray Volume 8, which do come with a special DVD, setting book, and loads of extras.
The one with
Kimonos and sailor bikinis
On sale date: June 28, 2012
This is the 9th and final volume of the G4U lineup. It even has Chihaya Kisaragi as the front cover idol. Time to wave goodbye to THE IDOLM@STER G4U by picturing your favorite idols in their kimonos set on a city at night packed with fireworks display. Also, expect them in their sailor bikinis. For a proper sendoff, Ryo Akizuki from THE IDOLM@STER DearlyStars makes a guest appearance on her sailor bikini. This can be found on the limited edition of THE IDOLM@STER anime Blu-Ray volume 9 where you can expect a special episode never before aired on TV. A drama CD, setting book, and an exclusive pin-up poster were among them.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Mr. A-Ciimo
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| Dongfeng Honda Ciimo |
An utterly familiar looking car was seen at the AUTO CHINA 2012 in Beijing. This is known as Dongfeng-Honda Ciimo (nope, it's not Bubble Gang's Mr. Assimo) and this is more of a rebadged version of the 8th Generation Honda Civic, the last Civic before the Civic name is gone for good (in Japan) since the summer of 2010.
The Ciimo is powered by a 1.8L VTEC engine and it's available in either a five-speed manual or five-speed auto transmission. It costs 111,800 Yuan and that does seem a lot for an old Civic but the Ciimo name does not only apply on this because Dongfeng-Honda plans their own version of the CR-V soon...
More "Petrang Kabayo" than what you've expected....
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| 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 |
2013 Ford Mustang GT500 has 650HP of power that has more power than the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 or even the Corvette ZR1. That does seem right for Ford until some breaking news that brought the motoring industry to a standstill.
Some developing news suggest that the 2013 Mustang GT500 doesn't have 650HP of power but more importantly, this has 662 horsepower and 631 lbs.-ft. of torque, making it the most powerful V8 engine in the world. It even promises to reach the supercar holy grail of 200mph! How did that happened? Maybe the guys from SAE put the 2013 GT500 on a dyno and ho ho ho! 662HP! Perfect enough to yell "LOSERS!" to Chevrolet! Ha ha!
That muscle has more "Petrang Kabayo" than what I've expected to be. So a message to Chevrolet:
LOOSEEERRSSS!!! :-P
Monday, April 30, 2012
Welcome Back: 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS
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| Bumblebee meets Top Gear! |
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| How did they made this cut-price Camaro ZL1 on a budget? |
The 5th generation Chevrolet Camaro is more than just a muscle car that competes against the Ford Mustang and the Dodge Challenger, this is more of a pop culture ever since it started out in life as Autobot Bumblebee from the Transformers movies. Richard Hammond reviewed the Chevrolet Camaro alongside the Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG. Thanks to The Stig, it lapped the Top Gear Test Track in 1:27.9. Need to say more?
Even though this Camaro has gained fame for being Bumblebee, I still have a feeling that this is the kind of modern car that looks and handles like a classic car. This was been featured at the beginning of Jeremy Clarkson's 2010 DVD titled "Clarkson: The Italian Job", while Clarkson's checking around the twists and turns of Lydden Hill Race Circuit, where he will participate at a classic car race with his Ford Escort Mexico. While he twists and turns around the Lydden Hill with the Camaro, even with help, he turns out that he wasn't fit enough for his race. Even Clarkson's epic workout in Italy wouldn't help and he decided to use the Imola Circuit as his basis. Well, we're not talking about that, don't we? We're talking about the 5th generation Camaro being back on Forza Motorsport 4.
It's a good thing most players are working on their black rally stripes on their Camaro or trying to replicate something that this Camaro had done since its tenure in 2009. There was Autobot Bumblebee from the Transformers movies, the Synergy Green Camaro, the COPO, Indy 500 Pace Car, or if you're hands is full, a ZL1 on a budget while waiting for Forza 4 to bring the real Camaro ZL1 soon.
It doesn't matter how will you tune or decorate Bumblebee the way you want but what matters most is that this 5th generation Camaro is a pop culture icon you would love to keep it on your garage. I'm picturing something that if you parked this Camaro on the kids' playground, kids would notice that this is their Autobot hero, Bumblebee, from the Transformers movies. Heh, it pays to being a fan of the Transformers movies but it strongly pays to being a Chevrolet Aficionado.
Goin Bulilit Goes to Laoag
For the April 29, 2012 episode, Goin Bulilit goes to Laoag. Looks like the Goin Bulilit kids are getting the most of their summer vacation to Laoag, such as;
- Goin Bulilit's Music Video of Maroon 5's Moves Like Jagger
- Goin Bulilit does Paoay "Kumakaway" Tourism commercial
- Paoay Church gags
- Goin Bulilit spoofs "Princess and I" as "Princess Inday"
- Bert & Willy tries to get something from the three
- Plane Crash site gags
- Ignorante
- Ready Set Goin in ATV Na!
Welcome Back: 1995 Ferrari F50
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| Ferrari F50 at the Top Gear Studio |
As I'm sure you know, this is the Ferrari F50, a Ferrari which I really don't like. I really don't like the way Ferrari putted a V12 engine derived from the 1992 Ferrari F1 car. I really don't like the design. I really don't like its interior. I really don't like its driving feel. And I really don't like the way how did Ferrari made this a follow-up to the F40.
I dislike the F50 so much that in my kindergarten years when I had a Ferrari F50 diecast model in my toy box, I went into considerable lengths to destroy one. Think of it like um...you watched Jeremy Clarkson's VHS titled The Most Outrageous Jeremy Clarkson Video Ever in one part where Jeremy Clarkson (when he was young and he has afro hair) tries to kill the Porsche 911 by any means necessary or in one episode of Top Gear about "Killing a Toyota" that left it completely operational despite numerous beatings from crashes, nature, or even demolitions.
Over the years, when the Ferrari F50 was featured in numerous video games, even Forza, my attitude was softened. I started to respect the quality and engineering, I started to enjoy the driving sensation, and then in Forza Motorsport 4, I was one step ahead. I drove the F50 and I like it. I like the car's downforce, I like the sound of the V12 engine roaring, I like the way Ferrari spend money where it matters when it comes to developing the F50, and I like its rarity because over three hundred units were made from 1995 to 1997. Out of them, the Rosso Corsa was proven to be a popular color for the F50. I kinda agree to that.
There is a bit of a lesson there; We started life as hating other cars but as we grew up, we started to liking them, even when playing with them on video games, especially Forza Motorsport 4. Like me, I started to hate the F50 when I was little but as I grew up, I started to respect the F50's credentials.
The Ferrari F50 returned on Forza Motorsport 4 and it's part of the game's Autovista feature where you will learn most about the F50 or hear Jeremy Clarkson's comment about this...
Sunday, April 29, 2012
ITC280 Update 4
1. We can use print_r to view the contents of an array.
$aFruit = array("bananas","apples","oranges");
print_r($aFruit);
2. We can use the HTML pre tag to view print_r() the way it was meant to be seen.
$aFruit = array("bananas","apples","oranges");
echo "<pre>";
print_r($aFruit);
echo "</pre>";
3. We should used var_dump() instead of print_r() because var_dump() works with almost everything.
var_dump($aFruit);
4. We can use var_dump() for more than one item:
$aFruit = array("bananas","apples","oranges");
$myName = "Leopaul";
echo "<pre>";
var_dump($aFruit,$myName);
echo "</pre>";
5. We can use a for loop to examine the contents of an array:
$aFruit = array("bananas","apples","oranges");
for($x=0;$x<count($aFruit);$x++)
{
echo $aFruit[$x] . "<br />";
}
6. We can add to an array by using empty []
$aCheese = array();
$aCheese[0] = "cheddar";
$aCheese[1] = "swiss";
$aCheese[2] = "limburger";
$aCheese[] = "gouda";
$aCheese[] = "feta";
for($x=0;$x<count($aCheese);$x++)
{
echo $x . ") " . $aCheese[$x] . "<br />";
}
7. We can use a foreach loop to go one direction only.
$aCheese = array();
$aCheese[0] = "cheddar";
$aCheese[1] = "swiss";
$aCheese[2] = "limburger";
$aCheese[] = "gouda";
$aCheese[] = "feta";
foreach($aCheese as $fromage)
{
echo $fromage . "<br />;
}
8. We can use an associative array to store string data as keys.
$nav1 = array();
$nav1["index.php"] = "Home Page";
$nav1["contact.php"] = "Contact Page";
$nav1["about_us.php"] = "About Us";
$nav1["links.php"] = "Links";
foreach($nav1 as $url => $text)
{
echo '<a href="' . $url . '">' . $text . '</a><br />';
}
9. Email1.php starting point for Wednesday
<?php
//email1.php
include 'header.php';
define("THIS_PAGE",basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']));
if(isset($_POST['FirstName']))
{//email data, then thank user!
echo $_POST['FirstName'] . "<br />";
echo '<a href="' . THIS_PAGE . '">RESET</a>';
}else{
?>
<form action="<?=THIS_PAGE?>" method="post">
First Name: <input type="text" name="FirstName" /><br />
Last Name: <input type="text" name="LastName" /><br />
<input type="submit" value="Email Us!" />
</form>
<?php
}//end of formhandler
include 'footer.php';
?>
10. PHP’s mail function
mail("ldelro02@seattlecentral.edu","My Subject!","My Text","noreply@seattlecentral.edu");
11. We can replace the strings with variables declared at the top of the page.
mail($ToEmail,$Subject,"My Text",$FromEmail);
12. Using var_dump() to view the entire POST array.
echo "<pre>";
Var_dump($_POST);
echo "</pre>";
13. Use PHP_EOL to create operating system specific carriage returns.
*SCORES
- Pop Quiz 5: 10/10 (100%)
- Pop Quiz 6: 10/10 (100%)
*NOTES
I'm very glad that Mr. Newman didn't give us test for this week but Assignment 4 seems to be a bit more difficult. Surely we did half of that in class but how can I finish the other half of Assingment 4 by any means of putting something like a checkbox, radio, or something that is more of a multiple choice?
It said that the form handler must:
1) Email you the information on the form
2) Include at least 2 radio buttons, 3 checkboxes, 2 textboxes and 1 textarea for comments
3) Protect itself from invalid data entry (hacking)
4) Require a valid email from the user and require first and last name textbox entry
...How can we finish this? Clearly we have to finish this by Monday midnight...
...that is all.
$aFruit = array("bananas","apples","oranges");
print_r($aFruit);
2. We can use the HTML pre tag to view print_r() the way it was meant to be seen.
$aFruit = array("bananas","apples","oranges");
echo "<pre>";
print_r($aFruit);
echo "</pre>";
3. We should used var_dump() instead of print_r() because var_dump() works with almost everything.
var_dump($aFruit);
4. We can use var_dump() for more than one item:
$aFruit = array("bananas","apples","oranges");
$myName = "Leopaul";
echo "<pre>";
var_dump($aFruit,$myName);
echo "</pre>";
5. We can use a for loop to examine the contents of an array:
$aFruit = array("bananas","apples","oranges");
for($x=0;$x<count($aFruit);$x++)
{
echo $aFruit[$x] . "<br />";
}
6. We can add to an array by using empty []
$aCheese = array();
$aCheese[0] = "cheddar";
$aCheese[1] = "swiss";
$aCheese[2] = "limburger";
$aCheese[] = "gouda";
$aCheese[] = "feta";
for($x=0;$x<count($aCheese);$x++)
{
echo $x . ") " . $aCheese[$x] . "<br />";
}
7. We can use a foreach loop to go one direction only.
$aCheese = array();
$aCheese[0] = "cheddar";
$aCheese[1] = "swiss";
$aCheese[2] = "limburger";
$aCheese[] = "gouda";
$aCheese[] = "feta";
foreach($aCheese as $fromage)
{
echo $fromage . "<br />;
}
8. We can use an associative array to store string data as keys.
$nav1 = array();
$nav1["index.php"] = "Home Page";
$nav1["contact.php"] = "Contact Page";
$nav1["about_us.php"] = "About Us";
$nav1["links.php"] = "Links";
foreach($nav1 as $url => $text)
{
echo '<a href="' . $url . '">' . $text . '</a><br />';
}
9. Email1.php starting point for Wednesday
<?php
//email1.php
include 'header.php';
define("THIS_PAGE",basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']));
if(isset($_POST['FirstName']))
{//email data, then thank user!
echo $_POST['FirstName'] . "<br />";
echo '<a href="' . THIS_PAGE . '">RESET</a>';
}else{
?>
<form action="<?=THIS_PAGE?>" method="post">
First Name: <input type="text" name="FirstName" /><br />
Last Name: <input type="text" name="LastName" /><br />
<input type="submit" value="Email Us!" />
</form>
<?php
}//end of formhandler
include 'footer.php';
?>
10. PHP’s mail function
mail("ldelro02@seattlecentral.edu","My Subject!","My Text","noreply@seattlecentral.edu");
11. We can replace the strings with variables declared at the top of the page.
mail($ToEmail,$Subject,"My Text",$FromEmail);
12. Using var_dump() to view the entire POST array.
echo "<pre>";
Var_dump($_POST);
echo "</pre>";
13. Use PHP_EOL to create operating system specific carriage returns.
*SCORES
- Pop Quiz 5: 10/10 (100%)
- Pop Quiz 6: 10/10 (100%)
*NOTES
I'm very glad that Mr. Newman didn't give us test for this week but Assignment 4 seems to be a bit more difficult. Surely we did half of that in class but how can I finish the other half of Assingment 4 by any means of putting something like a checkbox, radio, or something that is more of a multiple choice?
It said that the form handler must:
1) Email you the information on the form
2) Include at least 2 radio buttons, 3 checkboxes, 2 textboxes and 1 textarea for comments
3) Protect itself from invalid data entry (hacking)
4) Require a valid email from the user and require first and last name textbox entry
...How can we finish this? Clearly we have to finish this by Monday midnight...
...that is all.
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